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Throwing a beautiful pass to a man on the wrong team.
means Catching a ball intended for the opponent, in football or cutting off a route, signal, or message before it reaches its target.
from From Latin intercipere, to seize between, joining inter (between) and capere (to take); the football sense charged in during the early 1900s.
Football painA pick-six is interception returned for touchdown.
Military meaningFighters scramble to intercept incoming aircraft midair.
Math senseIntercept is where a line crosses an axis.